Table 2. Global features of Cistanche deserticola plastidome compared to Nicotiana tabacum and other parasitic plants.

Species	Accession no	Size (nt)	Numberof genesa	Number of pseudogenes	Number of tRNAsb	number of genes with introns	Reference
Rhizanthella gardneri	GQ413967	59,190	37	6	9	4	[9]
Epifagus virginiana	NC_001568	70,028	53	18	17	4	[5]
Cuscuta obtusiflora	NC_009949	85,280	98	1	24	5	[7]
Cuscuta gronovii	AM711639	86,744	99	5	24	5	[6]
Neottia nidus-avis	JF325876	92,060	74	28	28	8	[10]
Cistanche deserticola	KC128846	102,657	77	32	30	14	this study
Cuscuta reflexa	AM711640	121,521	115	4	29	16	[6]
Cuscuta exaltata	NC_009963	125,373	112	8	29	16	[7]
Nicotiana tabacum	NC_001879	155,939	151	1	30	23	[68]

Data in this table came from analyses using sequences on GenBank or plastid chromosomes gene maps in their original report.

^aNumber of genes excluding the pseudogenes. Duplicated genes in the IR regions were counted twice.

^bDuplicated tRNAs were counted both.